[bowd.ler.ize] vt -ized ; -iz.ing [Thomas Bowdler d. 1825 Eng. editor] (1836) 1: to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
2: to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content -- bowd.ler.iza.tion n -- bowd.ler.iz.er n